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Hanlon continued saying that the accused "immediately grabbed her by the neck and was compressing her throat. The complainer fell against the bath and he had both hands around her neck. She then lost consciousness.

The woman was then dragged through the flat and pushed out the front door into the common stairwell.

The second attack took place only four days later on 12 May at around 12.30pm where Creelie "got on top of her and began to punch her" to the face.

She managed to escape to the bathroom and used the glass screen in the bath to protect herself but was dragged out, and ran into the bedroom.

Ms Hanlon added: "He came after her and pinned her down and started scratching towards her eyes stating 'I will make you really blind.'

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Police arrived after receiving a call from a neighbour and could hear a woman screaming from one of the flats above. They then entered finding a "distressed" woman sitting on the bedroom floor sobbing with bruises across her arms and face.

The court also heard Creelie then breached bail conditions by messaging the woman 19 times via Facebook messenger on June 19 last year. Solicitor Murray Robertson, defending, said that Creelie has had a previous assault conviction involving the same woman and is "well aware all options are open to the court."

Sheriff Nigel Ross told Creelie that he had carried out "two extremely serious offences and I see no reason to give you any further latitude and I will adjourn for reports and in the meantime you are remanded in custody." He also stated that Cameron had since been diagnosed with PTSD, and suffers from panic attacks and night terrors.

He admitted assaulting Rebecca Cameron to her severe injury and danger to her life at an address at Caledonian Crescent, Edinburgh, on May 8 last year, and will be sentenced next month.

He also pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman on May 12 last year and to breaching bail conditions by contacting her on June 19 last year.